IGeLU 2022 – Community Sessions

  • A Change of Plans: Learning Together During a Remote Migration, Susan Bond (Discovery Systems Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries), Harjinder Rana (Resource Sharing and Accessibility Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries)
  • A Changing Culture: Innovative Technology to Improve the Scholarly Experience, Sharetha Dantes (Business Analyst, Sr., Georgia Institute of Technology Library), Jackey Hong (Application Developer, Sr., Georgia Institute of Technology Library)
  • A Feature is Born in Alma. A Collaborative Journey For the Perfect UX, Ruhama Amouyal (Computing Systems & Technological Applications Coordinator, Bar-Ilan University), Raphael Gabbay (Product Manager, Ex Libris)
  • Aeon2Alma: Distinctive Collections Reading Room Management Through Alma, Dhanushka Samarakoon (Head of Library Technology, University of Miami Libraries), Eduardo N Prieto (Integrated Systems Librarian, University of Miami Libraries), José Vila (Cataloging & Metadata Management Librarian, University of Miami Libraries)
  • Aleph Working Group Business Meeting, Camelia Anghel (Sr. Systems Data Analyst, New York University (NYU)), Carmit Marcus (Vice President of Product Management and Partners, Ex Libris)
  • Alma Working Group Business Meeting, Gijs Noels (Product manager LIBISnet, KU Leuven)
  • Are two tools better than one? Challenges and opportunities in research data management using Converis and Esploro, Paolo Buoso (Library Deputy Director, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
  • Back to the Future: an early implementer’s reasons and roadmap to re-implement Alma, Monika Szunejko (Director, Collections and Technology, Monash University)
  • Better together – Human cooperation at ICC – new normal through old practices, Naomi Galor (Library systems coordinator, Reichman University, Israel)
  • CELUS Tomas Bata University use-case, Jiří Pavlík (System Engineer, CzechELib), Ondrej Fabian (Director of Library, Tomas Bata University in Zllin)
  • Central patron and staff user management in the Alma NZ and SLSP’s product SLSKey, Jeanette Isele (Head of System & Configuration, SLSP Network Services, SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform)), Jürgen Küssow (Vice director, SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform))
  • Changing the Landscape: Integrating Art Museum Content in University of Utah’s USearch, Teresa Hebron (Interim Program Director & Digital Metadata Librarian, Mountain West Digital Library, University of Utah, Marriott Library), Bohan Zhu (Web Software Developer, University of Utah, Marriott Library), Tracy Medley (Head of Enterprise Systems & Software Development, University of Utah, Marriott Library), Jessica Breiman (Special Collections Digital Archives Librarian, University of Utah, Marriott Library)
  • Consortia Community of Practice group: open meeting, Sylvain Courret (Systems librarian, BCU Lausanne)
  • Content Working Group Business Meeting, Karin Perols (Librarin, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden), Charlie Remy (Librarian, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Rael Elstein (Content Product Manager, Ex Libris)
  • Creating a unique title search tool using Alma Analytics, Alvin Stockdale (Librarian, National Library of Medicine), Michael Davidson (, National Library of Medicine)
  • Creating access to the University of Calgary’s Indigenous Authors Collection, Kaia MacLeod (Indigenous Cataloguing Librarian, University of Calgary), Susan Dahl (Director content services, University of Calgary)
  • Data driven acquisition – Alma Analytics in the use of a new library acquisition model, Ariela Suker (CRIS system coordinator, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
  • ELUNA/IGeLU Analytics Community of Practice Update, Davin Pate (Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections, The University of Texas at Dallas)
  • Esploro Working Group Update, Joan Kolarik (Chief Librarian, The Weizmann Institute of Science)
  • Expanding the Foundation for RDA as Linked Data: Mapping MARC21 Bibliographic to LRM/RDA/RDF, Crystal E. Clements (Science Cataloger, University of Washington Libraries), Jian P. Lee (Chinese Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, University of Washington Libraries), Laura Akerman (, Emory University Libraries)
  • Focus on efficiency: Time & cost savings solutions in Alma, Galit Grinberg (Circulation & Interlibrary Loan Supervisor, Technion Institute of Technology), Yakir Siegelman (Information Systems Engineer, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)
  • From Aleph to Alma in the Austrian Library Network: a 10 year pilgrimage, Wolfgang Hamedinger (Managing director, OBVSG)
  • From Alma to Alma. Integrating a separate productive Alma into another productive Alma, Michèle Dünki-Bättig (Head of Project & Development, SLSP Network Services, SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform)), Stefan Kandera (Systems Librarian, Alexandria Library Network)
  • How Remote Storage Works with Alma, Kristen Costello (Systems Librarian, University of Nevada Las Vegas)
  • How to cover a systems librarian sabbatical and other gaps in systems coverage, Christina Hennessey (Systems Librarian, California State University, Northridge (CSUN)), Karen Schneider (Dean of the Library, Sonoma State University)
  • Implementing Leganto integration with LTI 1.3 : perspectives from Blackboard Ultra and Canvas institutions, Jessie Donaghey (Digital Services Librarian, Bond University), Peta Hopkins (Manager, Digital Library Services, Bond University), Susan Garrison (, Rice University)
  • Implementing Rapido In A Consortia, Christopher Lee (Resource Sharing Manager, California State University)
  • Increasing the Library Patron Engagement: Two Experiences with Library Mobile, François Renaville (Head of Library Systems, University of Liège), Angela Walker (Digital Library Manager, University of Salford)
  • Integrations for Access in a Research Library’s New Normal, Teresa Hazen (Department Head, Collection Services, University of Arizona), Daricus Larry (Systems and Metadata Librarian, University of Arizona Libraries)
  • Introduction to Special Collections Community of Practice, Allison Rich (Rare Material Cataloguer and Technical Services, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University)
  • Leganto analytics: success through collaboration, Angela Laurins (Library Learning Services Manager, University of Edinburgh), Laura MacNeil (Information Systems Analyst, University of Edinburgh)
  • Leganto Rollover at Edinburgh, Alex Forrest (Systems Librarian, University of Edinburgh)
  • Leganto Working Group Business Meeting, Jessie Donaghey (Digital Services Librarian, Bond University), Dolav Ben Artzi (Leganto Product Manager, Ex Libris)
  • LIBscan – No book left behind, MR Guy Shahaf (Head of Information Systems, Technion Institute of Technology), Efrat TeharLev-Alagem (Information Systems Engineer, Technion Institute of Technology)
  • Linked Open Data Community of Practice Working Group Business Meeting, Xiaoli Li (Head of Content Support Services, UC Davis Library)
  • Listening to users to build a better Primo: Feedback without surveys, Stacey van Groll (Discovery and Access Manager, University of Queensland, Australia)
  • Lots of Links: Creating Interactive Analytics Dashboards, Joan Kolarik (Chief Librarian, The Weizmann Institute of Science)
  • LSP Migration in a Pandemic World, James Wilson Gulvas (Acquisition Librarian & Order Unit Manager, University of Michigan)
  • Marathon and a Sprint: moving to Leganto at the University of Leeds, Jonathan Cook (Project Manager – Reading Lists Project, University of Leeds), Elly Cope (Access & Acquisitions Manager, University of Leeds)
  • Marrakesh Lending Between Countries: Using Alma/Primo to Enable Access to the Print Disabled, Pascal Calarco (Systems Librarian, University of Windsor)
  • Meeting of the EPUG-UKI community, Alex Forrest (Chair – EPUG-UKI, University of Edinburgh), Stephen Harding (Secretary – EPUG-UKI, Secretary – EPUG-UKI)
  • Migrating to Primo VE in a pandemic with a shared ILS: What could possibly go wrong?, Anne M. Pepitone (Head, Integrated Library Systems, University of Washington Libraries), Blake Lee Galbreath (Core Services Librarian, Washington State University)
  • NISO Open Discovery Initiative: Best Practices to Improve the Discovery Experience, Maribel Alvarado (Head of Library Systems, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Julie Zhu (, IEEE), Ken Varnum (, University of Michigan Library)
  • Out of the class. Leganto for reading and social reading, Laura Ballestra (Dr., LIUC Carlo Cattaneo University), Piero Cavaleri (, LIUC Carlo Cattaneo University)
  • Paperless Paging | A new way to retrieve library materials, Cindy Greenspun (Project Portfolio Manager, Yale University), Steelsen Smith (Technical Lead, Yale University Library), Viviana McHugh (Retrievals Processing Supervisor, Yale University Library)
  • Primo VE & Rapido Migrations 2022, the New Normal: a S.W.O.T. Perspective, Kimberly Willson-St. Clair (University Studies Librarian, Portland State University Library), Molly Gunderson (Interim Assistant Dean, Portland State University Library)
  • Primo Working Group Business Meeting, Stacey van Groll (Discovery and Access Manager, University of Queensland, Australia), Nili Natan (, Ex Libris), Yisrael Kuchar (, Ex Libris)
  • Proactive User Feedback in Primo Using Qualtrics, Matt Black (Discovery & Systems Librarian, University of Calgary Library)
  • Rebuilding webpages with Alma records and collections using Robotic Process Automation, Amanda Swann (Systems Support Analyst, The University of Manchester)
  • Relationships and Recovery 101: Using Leganto at Abertay University to Build a GBV Resource for the Community, Lisa Clark (Learning Resources Manager, Abertay University)
  • Rialto in Reality: Implementing Rialto in the Ben-Gurion University Libraries as a Case Study, Valerie Khaskin-Felendler (Head Librarian, Humanities Reading Room, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
  • Rosetta Working Group Business Meeting, Teresa Soleau (Digital Preservation Manager, J. Paul Getty Trust), Daniel Greenberg (Product Manager, Ex Libris)
  • SFX Working Group Business Meeting, Jiří Pavlík (System Engineer, National Library of Technology (Czech Republic)), Christine Stohn (Director of Product Management, Ex Libris)
  • Sharing resources with Alma and Primo VE: experience of University of Chile and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Maribel Alvarado (Head of Library Systems, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Rodrigo Donoso (Director. Dirección de Servicios de Información y Bibliotecas (SISIB), Universidad de Chile), Margarita Silva (Head Law Library, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Juan Carlos Flores (Technical Support Team Leader, ProQuest LATAM – Clarivate), Catalina Romero (Universidad de Chile), Lisette Bravo (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
  • SLSP’s journey to Rapido. Integrating Rapido into the SLSP Courier service by SLSP, Michèle Dünki-Bättig (Head of Project & Development, SLSP Network Services, SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform)), Jeanette Isele (Head of System & Configuration, SLSP Network Services, SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform))
  • Striving for Inclusion: Diversity and Cataloging in the New Normal, Thomas Philo (Archivist/Cataloger, California State University, Dominguez Hills)
  • Student Curator Project : Creating connections through collections, through a pandemic and beyond, Catherine Batson (Content and Faculty Engagement Manager, University of Surrey)
  • Swiss Library Service Platform – a national library service network for academic libraries in Switzerland, Thomas Marty (Executive Director, SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform)), Jürgen Küssow (Vice director, SLSP (Swiss Library Service Platform))
  • The changing landscape of Library Systems at The University of Manchester, Amin Hussain (Library Systems Manager, The University of Manchester, England UK)
  • The Go VE process in a consortial context : a feedback, Floriane Pochon Levit (Systems Librarian, BCU Lausanne)
  • The library as an agent for the fulfillment of the University’s mission., Jorge Alejandro Peña Landeros (Information Services and Resources Coordinator, Universidad Panamericana)
  • The Serials Control Process – Time spent is time saved with prediction patterns, Liya Louis (Library Systems Support Specialist, Virgingia Commonwealth university in Qatar)
  • The Topography of Searching: Visualising collections data, Amy Walduck (Coordinator, Digital Library Initiatives, State Library of Queensland)
  • Unlocking your collections with Alma Digital and IIIF, Alison Harvey (Archivist, Cardiff University)
  • Using Design Thinking to create a new process for purchasing from Leganto Reading Lists, Andrew Brown (Collection Services and Systems Librarian, Swansea University)
  • Using Drill Down Queries within Alma Analytics Reports, Ray Schwartz (Head of Library Information Systems, William Paterson University), Linda Salvesen (Systems Librarian, William Paterson University)
  • Using Information Literacy Instruction Techniques in Alma Training, Jharina Pascual (Electronic Resources Acquisitions Librarian, University of California, Irvine Libraries)
  • Using Rapido tiles for local digitisation requests : maximising benefits of Rapido, Peta Hopkins (Manager, Digital Library Services, Bond University), Jessie Donaghey (Digital Services Librarian, Bond University)
  • Utilizing Analytics for Collection Development, Davin Pate (Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections, The University of Texas at Dallas)
  • Utilizing Primo OpenURL Functionality to Increase Resource Discoverability, Daricus Larry (Systems and Metadata Librarian, University of Arizona Libraries), Teresa Hazen (Department Head of Collection Services, The University of Arizona)
  • Voyager Working Group Business Meeting, Steelsen Smith (Technical Lead for the ILS, Yale University Library), Cindy Greenspun (Senior Project Manager, Yale University)
  • WHELF shared LMS: working together without a Network Zone, Jenny McNally (WHELF LMS Business Manager, WHELF), Gareth Owen (Deputy University Librarian and Assistant Director, Cardiff University)
  • WHELF+ peer-to-peer interlending and implementing RapidILL: rethinking document supply at Cardiff University, Bronwen Blatchford (Systems librarian, Cardiff University)
  • Work Orders Demystified, Kristen Fredericksen (University Collaborative Systems Librarian, CUNY)